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List of Standard Terms and Abbreviations
| Term | Abbreviation | ||
| Acknowledge | ACK | ||
| Acquire, Acquisition | ACQ | ||
| Acquisition Zone | AZ | ||
| Adjust, Adjustment | ADJ | ||
| Aft | AFT | ||
| Alarm | ALARM | ||
| Altitude | ALT | ||
| Amplitude Modulation | AM | ||
| Anchor Watch | ANCH | ||
| Antenna | ANT | ||
| Anti Clutter Rain | RAIN | ||
| Anti Clutter Sea | SEA | ||
| April | APR | ||
| Audible | AUD | ||
| August | AUG | ||
| Automatic | AUTO | ||
| Automatic Frequency Control | AFC | ||
| Automatic Gain Control | AGC | ||
| Automatic Identification System | AIS | ||
| Auxiliary System/Function | AUX | ||
| Available | AVAIL | ||
| Background | BKGND | ||
| Bearing | BRG | ||
| Bearing Waypoint To Waypoint | BWW | ||
| Brilliance | BRILL | ||
| Built in Test Equipment | BITE | ||
| Calibrate | CAL | ||
| Cancel | CNCL | ||
| Carried (e.g. carried EBL origin) | C | ||
| Centre | CENT | ||
| Change | CHG | ||
| Circular Polarised | CP | ||
| Clear | CLR | ||
| Closest Point of Approach | CPA | ||
| Consistent | Common | Reference | CCRP |
| Point | |||
| Consistent | Common | Reference | CCRS |
| System | |||
| Contrast | CONT | ||
| Correction | CORR | ||
| Course | CRS | ||
| Course Over the Ground | COG | ||
| Course Through the Water | CTW | ||
| Course To Steer | CTS | ||
| Course Up | C UP (See note 2) | ||
| Cross Track Distance | XTD | ||
| Cursor | CURS | ||
| Dangerous Goods | DG | ||
| Date | DATE |
| Abbreviation | Term |
| ACK | Acknowledge |
| ACQ | Acquire, Acquisition |
| ADJ | Adjust, Adjustment |
| AFC | Automatic Frequency Control |
| AFT | Aft |
| AGC | Automatic Gain Control |
| AIS | Automatic Identification System |
| ALARM | Alarm |
| ALT | Altitude |
| AM | Amplitude Modulation |
| ANCH | Anchor Watch |
| ANCH | Vessel at Anchor (applies to AIS) |
| ANT | Antenna |
| APR | April |
| AUD | Audible |
| AUG | August |
| AUTO | Automatic |
| AUX | Auxiliary System/Function |
| AVAIL | Available |
| AZ | Acquisition Zone |
| BITE | Built in Test Equipment |
| BKGND | Background |
| BRG | Bearing |
| BRILL | Brilliance |
| BWW | Bearing Waypoint To Waypoint |
| C | Carried (e.g. carried EBL origin) |
| C UP (See note 2) | Course Up |
| CAL | Calibrate |
| CCRP | Consistent Common Reference |
| Point | |
| CCRS | Consistent Common Reference |
| System | |
| CENT | Centre |
| CHG | Change |
| CLR | Clear |
| CNCL | Cancel |
| COG | Course Over the Ground |
| CONT | Contrast |
| CORR | Correction |
| CP | Circular Polarised |
| CPA | Closest Point of Approach |
| CRS | Course |
| CTS | Course To Steer |
| CTW | Course Through the Water |
| CURS | Cursor |
| D | Dropped |
| (e.g. dropped EBL origin) | |
| DATE | Date |
| DAY/NT | Day/Night |
| DEC | December |
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| Term | Abbreviation | |
| Day/Night | DAY/NT | |
| Dead Reckoning, | Dead Reckoned | DR |
| Position | ||
| December | DEC | |
| Decrease | DECR | |
| Delay | DELAY | |
| Delete | DEL | |
| Departure | DEP | |
| Depth | DPTH | |
| Destination | DEST | |
| Deviation | DEV | |
| Differential Galilleo | DGAL (See note 2) | |
| Differential GLONASS | DGLONASS | |
| (See note 2) | ||
| Differential GNSS | DGNSS (See note | |
| 2) | ||
| Differential GPS | DGPS (See note 2) | |
| Digital Selective Calling | DSC | |
| Display | DISP | |
| Distance | DIST | |
| Distance Root Mean Square | DRMS (See note 2) | |
| Distance To Go | DTG | |
| Drift | DRIFT | |
| Dropped | D | |
| (e.g. dropped EBL origin) | ||
| East | E | |
| Electronic Bearing Line | EBL | |
| Electronic Chart | Display and | ECDIS |
| Information System | ||
| Electronic Navigational Chart | ENC | |
| Electronic Position Fixing System | EPFS | |
| Electronic Range and Bearing Line | ERBL | |
| Enhance | ENH | |
| Enter | ENT | |
| Equipment | EQUIP | |
| Error | ERR | |
| Estimated Position | EP | |
| Estimated Time of Arrival | ETA | |
| Estimated Time of Departure | ETD | |
| Event | EVENT | |
| Exclusion Zone | EZ | |
| External | EXT | |
| February | FEB | |
| Fishing Vessel | FISH | |
| Fix | FIX | |
| Forward | FWD | |
| Frequency | FREQ | |
| Frequency Modulation | FM | |
| Full | FULL | |
| Gain | GAIN | |
| Galilleo | GAL | |
| Geometric Dilution Of Precision | GDOP |
| Abbreviation | Term | |||
| DECR | Decrease | |||
| DEL | Delete | |||
| DELAY | Delay | |||
| DEP | Departure | |||
| DEST | Destination | |||
| DEV | Deviation | |||
| DG | Dangerous Goods | |||
| DGAL (See note 2) | Differential Galilleo | |||
| DGLONASS | Differential GLONASS | |||
| (See note 2) | ||||
| DGNSS (See note 2) | Differential GNSS | |||
| DGPS (See note 2) | Differential GPS | |||
| DISP | Display | |||
| DIST | Distance | |||
| DIVE | Vessel | Engaged | in | Diving |
| Operations (applies to AIS) | ||||
| DPTH | Depth | |||
| DR | Dead Reckoning, Dead Reckoned | |||
| Position | ||||
| DRG | Vessel Engaged in Dredging or | |||
| Underwater Operations | ||||
| (applies to AIS) | ||||
| DRIFT | Drift | |||
| DRMS (See note 2) | Distance Root Mean Square | |||
| DSC | Digital Selective Calling | |||
| DTG | Distance To Go | |||
| E | East | |||
| EBL | Electronic Bearing Line | |||
| ECDIS | Electronic | Chart | Display and | |
| Information System | ||||
| ENC | Electronic Navigational Chart | |||
| ENH | Enhance | |||
| ENT | Enter | |||
| EP | Estimated Position | |||
| EPFS | Electronic Position Fixing System | |||
| EQUIP | Equipment | |||
| ERBL | Electronic | Range | and | Bearing |
| Line | ||||
| ERR | Error | |||
| ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival | |||
| ETD | Estimated Time of Departure | |||
| EVENT | Event | |||
| EXT | External | |||
| EZ | Exclusion Zone | |||
| FEB | February | |||
| FISH | Fishing Vessel | |||
| FIX | Fix | |||
| FM | Frequency Modulation | |||
| FREQ | Frequency | |||
| FULL | Full | |||
| FWD | Forward | |||
| GAIN | Gain | |||
| GAL | Galilleo | |||
| GC | Great Circle |
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| Term | Abbreviation | |
| Global Maritime | Distress and | GMDSS |
| Safety System | ||
| Global Navigation Satellite System | GNSS | |
| Global Orbiting Navigation | GLONASS | |
| Satellite System | ||
| Global Positioning System | GPS | |
| Great Circle | GC | |
| Grid | GRID | |
| Ground | GND | |
| Group Repetition Interval | GRI | |
| Guard Zone | GZ | |
| Gyro | GYRO | |
| Harmful Substances | HS | |
| (applies to AIS) | ||
| Head Up | H UP (See note 2) | |
| Heading | HDG | |
| Heading Control System | HCS | |
| Heading Line | HL | |
| High Frequency | HF | |
| High Speed Craft (applies to AIS) | HSC | |
| Horizontal Dilution Of Precision | HDOP | |
| Identification | ID | |
| In | IN | |
| Increase | INCR | |
| Indication | IND | |
| Information | INFO | |
| Infrared | INF RED | |
| Initialisation | INIT | |
| Input | INP | |
| Input/Output | I/O | |
| Integrated Radio | Communication | IRCS |
| System | ||
| Interference Rejection | IR | |
| Interswitch | ISW | |
| Interval | INT | |
| January | JAN | |
| July | JUL | |
| June | JUN | |
| Latitude | LAT | |
| Limit | LIM | |
| Line Of Position | LOP | |
| Log | LOG | |
| Long Pulse | LP | |
| Long Range | LR | |
| Longitude | LON | |
| Loran | LORAN | |
| Lost Target | LOST TGT | |
| Low Frequency | LF | |
| Magnetic | MAG | |
| Manoeuvre | MVR | |
| Manual | MAN | |
| Map(s) | MAP | |
| March | MAR |
| Abbreviation | Term | |
| GDOP | Geometric Dilution Of Precision | |
| GLONASS | Global Orbiting Navigation | |
| Satellite System | ||
| GMDSS | Global Maritime | Distress and |
| Safety System | ||
| GND | Ground | |
| GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite | |
| System | ||
| GPS | Global Positioning System | |
| GRI | Group Repetition Interval | |
| GRID | Grid | |
| GRND | Vessel Aground (applies to AIS) | |
| GYRO | Gyro | |
| GZ | Guard Zone | |
| H UP (See note 2) | Head Up | |
| HCS | Heading Control System | |
| HDG | Heading | |
| HDOP | Horizontal Dilution Of Precision | |
| HF | High Frequency | |
| HL | Heading Line | |
| HS | Harmful Substances | |
| (applies to AIS) | ||
| HSC | High Speed Craft (applies to AIS) | |
| I/O | Input/Output | |
| ID | Identification | |
| IN | In | |
| INCR | Increase | |
| IND | Indication | |
| INF RED | Infrared | |
| INFO | Information | |
| INIT | Initialisation | |
| INP | Input | |
| INT | Interval | |
| IR | Interference Rejection | |
| IRCS | Integrated Radio | Communication |
| System | ||
| ISW | Interswitch | |
| JAN | January | |
| JUL | July | |
| JUN | June | |
| LAT | Latitude | |
| LF | Low Frequency | |
| LIM | Limit | |
| LOG | Log | |
| LON | Longitude | |
| LOP | Line Of Position | |
| LORAN | Loran | |
| LOST TGT | Lost Target | |
| LP | Long Pulse | |
| LR | Long Range | |
| MAG | Magnetic | |
| MAN | Manual | |
| MAP | Map(s) | |
| MAR | March |
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| Term | Abbreviation |
| Maritime Mobile Services Identity | MMSI |
| number | |
| Maritime Pollutant | MP |
| (applies to AIS) | |
| Maritime Safety Information | MSI |
| Marker | MKR |
| Master | MSTR |
| Maximum | MAX |
| May | MAY |
| Medium Frequency | MF |
| Medium Pulse | MP |
| Menu | MENU |
| Minimum | MIN |
| Missing | MISSING |
| Mute | MUTE |
| Navigation | NAV |
| Normal | NORM |
| North | N |
| North Up | N UP (See note 2) |
| November | NOV |
| October | OCT |
| Off | OFF |
| Officer of the Watch | OOW |
| Offset | OFFSET |
| On | ON |
| Out/Output | OUT |
| Own Ship | OS |
| Panel Illumination | PANEL |
| Parallel Index Line | PI |
| Passenger Vessel (applies to AIS) | PASSV |
| Performance Monitor | MON |
| Permanent | PERM |
| Person Overboard | POB |
| Personal Identification Number | PIN |
| Pilot Vessel (applies to AIS) | PILOT |
| Port/Portside | PORT |
| Position | POSN |
| Positional Dilution Of Precision | PDOP |
| Power | PWR |
| Predicted | PRED |
| Predicted Area of Danger | PAD |
| Predicted Point of Collision | PPC |
| Pulse Length | PL |
| Pulse Modulation | PM |
| Pulse Repetition Frequency | PRF |
| Pulse Repetition Rate | PRR |
| Pulses Per Revolution | PPR |
| Racon | RACON |
| Radar | RADAR |
| Radius | RAD |
| Rain | RAIN |
| Range | RNG |
| Range Rings | RR |
| Raster Chart Display System | RCDS |
| Abbreviation | Term | ||
| MAX | Maximum | ||
| MAY | May | ||
| MENU | Menu | ||
| MF | Medium Frequency | ||
| MIN | Minimum | ||
| MISSING | Missing | ||
| MKR | Marker | ||
| MMSI | Maritime Mobile Services Identity | ||
| number | |||
| MON | Performance Monitor | ||
| MP | Maritime Pollutant | ||
| (applies to AIS) | |||
| MP | Medium Pulse | ||
| MSI | Maritime Safety Information | ||
| MSTR | Master | ||
| MUTE | Mute | ||
| MVR | Manoeuvre | ||
| N | North | ||
| N UP (See note 2) | North Up | ||
| NAV | Navigation | ||
| NORM | Normal | ||
| NOV | November | ||
| NUC | Vessel | Not Under | Command |
| (applies to AIS) | |||
| OCT | October | ||
| OFF | Off | ||
| OFFSET | Offset | ||
| ON | On | ||
| OOW | Officer of the Watch | ||
| OS | Own Ship | ||
| OUT | Out/Output | ||
| PAD | Predicted Area of Danger | ||
| PANEL | Panel Illumination | ||
| PASSV | Passenger Vessel (applies to AIS) | ||
| PDOP | Positional Dilution Of Precision | ||
| PERM | Permanent | ||
| PI | Parallel Index Line | ||
| PILOT | Pilot Vessel (applies to AIS) | ||
| PIN | Personal Identification Number | ||
| PL | Pulse Length | ||
| PM | Pulse Modulation | ||
| POB | Person Overboard | ||
| PORT | Port/Portside | ||
| POSN | Position | ||
| PPC | Predicted Point of Collision | ||
| PPR | Pulses Per Revolution | ||
| PRED | Predicted | ||
| PRF | Pulse Repetition Frequency | ||
| PRR | Pulse Repetition Rate | ||
| PWR | Power | ||
| RACON | Racon | ||
| RAD | Radius | ||
| RADAR | Radar | ||
| RAIM | Receiver | Autonomous | Integrity |
| Monitoring | |||
| RAIN | Anti Clutter Rain |
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| Term | Abbreviation | |
| Raster Navigational Chart | RNC | |
| Rate Of Turn | ROT | |
| Real-time Kinemetic | RTK | |
| Receiver | RX (See note 2) | |
| Receiver Autonomous | Integrity | RAIM |
| Monitoring | ||
| Reference | REF | |
| Relative | REL (See note 3) | |
| Relative Motion | RM | |
| Revolutions per Minute | RPM | |
| Roll On/Roll Off Vessel | RoRo | |
| (applies to AIS) | ||
| Root Mean Square | RMS | |
| Route | ROUTE | |
| Safety Contour | SF CNT | |
| Sailing Vessel (applies to AIS) | SAIL | |
| Satellite | SAT | |
| S-Band (applies to Radar) | S-BAND | |
| Scan to Scan | SC/SC | |
| Search And Rescue Transponder | SART | |
| Search And Rescue Vessel (applies | SARV | |
| to AIS) | ||
| Select | SEL | |
| September | SEP | |
| Sequence | SEQ | |
| Set (i.e., set and drift, or setting a | SET | |
| value) | ||
| Ship’s Time | TIME | |
| Short Pulse | SP | |
| Signal to Noise Ratio | SNR | |
| Simulation | SIM (See note 4) | |
| Slave | SLAVE | |
| South | S | |
| Speed | SPD | |
| Speed and Distance | Measuring | SDME |
| Equipment | ||
| Speed Over the Ground | SOG | |
| Speed Through the Water | STW | |
| Stabilized | STAB | |
| Standby | STBY | |
| Starboard/Starboard Side | STBD | |
| Station | STN | |
| Symbol(s) | SYM | |
| Synchronisation | SYNC | |
| Target | TGT | |
| Target Tracking | TT | |
| Test | TEST | |
| Time | TIME | |
| Time Difference | TD | |
| Time Dilution Of Precision | TDOP | |
| Time Of Arrival | TOA | |
| Time Of Departure | TOD | |
| Time to CPA | TCPA | |
| Time To Go | TTG | |
| Time to Wheel Over Line | TWOL |
| Abbreviation | Term | |
| RAIN | Rain | |
| RCDS | Raster Chart Display System | |
| REF | Reference | |
| REL (See note 3) | Relative | |
| RIM | Vessel Restricted in | |
| Manoeuvrability) (applies to AIS) | ||
| RM | Relative Motion | |
| RMS | Root Mean Square | |
| RNC | Raster Navigational Chart | |
| RNG | Range | |
| RoRo | Roll On/Roll Off Vessel | |
| (applies to AIS) | ||
| ROT | Rate Of Turn | |
| ROUTE | Route | |
| RPM | Revolutions per Minute | |
| RR | Range Rings | |
| RTK | Real-time Kinemetic | |
| RX (See note 2) | Receiver | |
| S | South | |
| SAIL | Sailing Vessel (applies to AIS) | |
| SART | Search And Rescue Transponder | |
| SARV | Search | And Rescue Vessel |
| (applies to AIS) | ||
| SAT | Satellite | |
| S-BAND | S-Band (applies to Radar) | |
| SC/SC | Scan to Scan | |
| SDME | Speed | and Distance Measuring |
| Equipment | ||
| SEA | Anti Clutter Sea | |
| SEL | Select | |
| SEP | September | |
| SEQ | Sequence | |
| SET | Set (i.e., set and drift, or setting a | |
| value) | ||
| SF CNT | Safety Contour | |
| SIM (See note 4) | Simulation | |
| SLAVE | Slave | |
| SNR | Signal to Noise Ratio | |
| SOG | Speed Over the Ground | |
| SP | Short Pulse | |
| SPD | Speed | |
| STAB | Stabilized | |
| STBD | Starboard/Starboard Side | |
| STBY | Standby | |
| STN | Station | |
| STW | Speed Through the Water | |
| SYM | Symbol(s) | |
| SYNC | Synchronisation | |
| T | True | |
| TCPA | Time to CPA | |
| TCS | Track Control System | |
| TD | Time Difference | |
| TDOP | Time Dilution Of Precision | |
| TEST | Test | |
| TGT | Target |
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| Term | Abbreviation | |||
| Track | TRK | |||
| Track Control System | TCS | |||
| Track Made Good | TMG (See note 5) | |||
| Trail(s) | TRAIL | |||
| Transceiver | TXRX (See note 2) | |||
| Transferred Line Of Position | TPL | |||
| Transmitter | TX (See note 2) | |||
| Transmitting Heading Device | THD | |||
| Trial | TRIAL (See note 4) | |||
| Trigger Pulse | TRIG | |||
| True | T | |||
| True Motion | TM | |||
| Tune | TUNE | |||
| Ultrahigh Frequency | UHF | |||
| Universal Time, Co-ordinated | UTC | |||
| Unstabilised | UNSTAB | |||
| Variable Range Marker | VRM | |||
| Variation | VAR | |||
| Vector | VECT | |||
| Very High Frequency | VHF | |||
| Very Low Frequency | VLF | |||
| Vessel Aground (applies to AIS) | GRND | |||
| Vessel at Anchor (applies to AIS) | ANCH | |||
| Vessel | Constrained | by | Draught | VCD |
| (applies to AIS) | ||||
| Vessel | Engaged | in | Diving | DIVE |
| Operations (applies to AIS) | ||||
| Vessel Engaged in Dredging or | DRG | |||
| Underwater Operations (applies to | ||||
| AIS) | ||||
| Vessel | Engaged | in | Towing | TOW |
| Operations (applies to AIS) | ||||
| Vessel | Not Under | Command | NUC | |
| (applies to AIS) | ||||
| Vessel Restricted in | RIM | |||
| Manoeuvrability) (applies to AIS) | ||||
| Vessel Traffic Service | VTS | |||
| Vessel | Underway Using | Engine | UWE | |
| (applies to AIS) | ||||
| Video | VID | |||
| Voyage | VOY | |||
| Voyage Data Recorder | VDR | |||
| Warning | WARNING | |||
| Water | WAT | |||
| Waypoint | WPT | |||
| West | W | |||
| Wheel Over Line | WOL | |||
| Wheel Over Time | WOT | |||
| X-Band (applies to Radar) | X-BAND |
| Abbreviation | Term | |||
| THD | Transmitting Heading Device | |||
| TIME | Ship’s Time | |||
| TIME | Time | |||
| TM | True Motion | |||
| TMG (See note 5) | Track Made Good | |||
| TOA | Time Of Arrival | |||
| TOD | Time Of Departure | |||
| TOW | Vessel | Engaged | in | Towing |
| Operations (applies to AIS) | ||||
| TPL | Transferred Line Of Position | |||
| TRAIL | Trail(s) | |||
| TRIAL (See note 4) | Trial | |||
| TRIG | Trigger Pulse | |||
| TRK | Track | |||
| TT | Target Tracking | |||
| TTG | Time To Go | |||
| TUNE | Tune | |||
| TWOL | Time to Wheel Over Line | |||
| TX (See note 2) | Transmitter | |||
| TXRX (See note 2) | Transceiver | |||
| UHF | Ultrahigh Frequency | |||
| UNSTAB | Unstabilised | |||
| UTC | Universal Time, Co-ordinated | |||
| UWE | Vessel | Underway Using | Engine | |
| (applies to AIS) | ||||
| VAR | Variation | |||
| VCD | Vessel | Constrained | by | Draught |
| (applies to AIS) | ||||
| VDR | Voyage Data Recorder | |||
| VECT | Vector | |||
| VHF | Very High Frequency | |||
| VID | Video | |||
| VLF | Very Low Frequency | |||
| VOY | Voyage | |||
| VRM | Variable Range Marker | |||
| VTS | Vessel Traffic Service | |||
| W | West | |||
| WARNING | Warning | |||
| WAT | Water | |||
| WOL | Wheel Over Line | |||
| WOT | Wheel Over Time | |||
| WPT | Waypoint | |||
| X-BAND | X-Band (applies to Radar) | |||
| XTD | Cross Track Distance |
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